“Everybody has a story” is a well-worn phrase. But how many of us, as we go about our busy lives, ever stop to think about the home life of that disabled boy carrying out groceries or rounding up the emptied shopping carts around the parking...

It started with a storm. Qadir, Uffe, and Ewe had been out on their raft, minding their own business, fishing, relaxing, bonding as three friends would. Ewe had wanted to bring home a gift for Isla's father, to prove himself worthy of her hand, but...

In Strange Orbits by Ramon Somoza is the first book in a series, a sci-fi that will enthrall children and inspire adults. At the age of ten, Tanit is gifted with an unusual intelligence and is a specialist in astrobiology. Thanks to her intelligence, she...

Justine Avery’s short story, It Gets Easier: A Short Tale of Comical Catastrophe, is a fascinating fictional work. The story begins with Jake repeating his newly-conceived mantra, “It Gets Easier.” He is driving his girlfriend Samantha to an outlying reservoir, in her mother’s borrowed car....

Wow! Just, wow! That’s what I thought when I finished reading If…Lost or Found by author Jackie Mae. Follow the story of Sabrina, a woman who’s on a grand adventure, traveling the world. But issues from her past haunt her, and she must return home...

I’m Yours is a short story by Carolyn Menke. Beautiful Audrey McCall dreams of becoming the next star on Broadway and will do anything it takes to make it big in the glitziness of the Roaring Twenties, but her overly generous boyfriend, Edward Stark, wants...

Alena has a good life, a loving family and a fabulous boyfriend. That is until a psychic changes Alena’s path forever. Alena’s new found fears take on a life of their own. Can she get through it all? I like the theme in Jackie Mae's...

Shona Forrester is determined to make her business a success. However, her carefully planned future is turned upside down by events she never could have imagined. Rick seems to be part of the equation for a happy life, but is he? I really liked the...

If...: Blurred Vision by Jackie Mae reminded me of a Twilight Zone episode: short, to the point, and creepy in a disturbing way. Timothy is having a rough week. First his wife cheats on him and says she wants a divorce. She even starts moving...